Scope and Contents Barrier is still stationed on Confederate Point near Fort Fisher, where all is generally quiet save for occasional shelling and a few inconsequential skirmishes. Barrier is now in command of Clingman's Brigade, and he doesn't like it: "I am placed in a very unfortunate position just at this time . . . have been in command for several days and likely to remain so for several weeks." There is a rumor around camp that there will soon be peace and that, as Barrier says, "We shall be recognized...